John Legend And Common Win Oscar For “Glory”

Legend and Common win for their Selma song.

February 22, 2015

John Legend and Common won the Best Original Song Oscar tonight for their Selma song "Glory." "The struggle for justice is right now," Legend said during the duo's acceptance speech. "We know that right now, the struggle for freedom and justice is real...There are more black men under correctional control today than there were in slavery in 1850." Watch their performance of the song above, and the pair's acceptance speech below.

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John Legend And Common Win Oscar For “Glory”